Improvement in riding-saddles



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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE,

JOHN G. .MILLER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN RlDlNGu--SADDLESl Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,359, dated January 16, 1877 application led June 20, 1876.

Y y thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of a saddletree, as will behereinafter more fully set In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in Which- Figure lis a perspective View of my saddle-` height by means of a convenient number ot'` curved, arched,` and beveled cross-sections formed into a complete whole, producing the seat shown by letters A and B. The letters B show the part of the seat known as the neck,77 which completes the form ofthe saddle-seat by extending forward to the gullet C.

The `lines a across the seat show how the material may be divided into sections, by which sections the eantle, seat, and neckall component parts of seat-are formed in aconvenient and substantial manner. The letters It and S show the result, and` represent the arches in the beveled, curved, and arched cross-sections. These arches may be short, beginning at the edges of the bars O, as shown at S, or they may be longer or wider, as shown at R. These arches are necessary to clear the spine of the horse, and to complete the formation of the seat, as well as to give a proper strength to its construction.

E E represent the rests for the thighs, and result from the peculiar manner in which the seat and the cantle, which in this improvement is a part of the seat, are raised above the bars O by means of the curved, arched, and beveled cross-sections before mentioned. The formation of the neck B is another result of the cross-sections.

By'means of these crosssections a seat of any desired form may he had, thus making my improvement applicable to all kinds of saddles, male or female, whether made on Spanish, Texas, or Somerset bars.

The neck B may, if desired, be made of metal bent and curved to the necessary shape, and placed in `proper position.

Having .thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The seat of a saddle made as part of the tree by means cfa convenient number ofcurved, arched, and beveled cross-sections, in a manner substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination ofthe bars O, the pommel C, curved, arched,and beveled cross-sections A B, and thigh-rests E E, all made part of the tree substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of May, 1876. v l

. JOHN G. MILLER. Witnesses:

Dr. U. C. SHARP, W. W. VAN-FELT, M. D. 

